On the afternoon of 9/6 my 6th temp bar appeared, but for the first time in a few weeks, the 10th charge bar did not disappear. And I have had 10 bars when charging to 80% and they all stayed there, even after the 6th temp bar came on (every day I checked) ever since. So I know that 9/10 bar display change point does not represent an actual fixed amount of kWh charge. I still don't know if the gid count is also non-representative of kWh charge, since no one with a gid meter (AFAIK) has looked at and posted their results.
My 9/1 summary on this thread below:
edatoakrun wrote:
My tenth capacity bar at "80%" charge continues to disappear, about the same time the 6th temperature bar appears, and vice versa.
As I asked on P 17 of this thread, it would be very useful for those with gid meters to report whether the gid count varied with temperature, like the 9/10 capacity bar does.
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The same "80%" charge level can show as 9 or 10 bars.
Apparently, the tenth bar disappears and reappears, as the battery temperature changes.
As I posted below on the "Gid sensitivity to temperature" thread:
"Has anyone with considerable variability in their daily ambient temperatures watched the gid count following a charge, while remaining parked, and neither charging nor discharging the battery, to see if the gid count changes (declines, presumably) as the ambient temperature warms during the day?
I've had my car parked at following a "80%" timer charge for a few days, with nighttime lows around 60 F, and daytime highs around 90 F.
The charge bars increase from 9 to 10 in the early morning, and decline back to 9 late in the afternoon, shortly after the battery temp bars increase from 5 to 6.
(8/28 edit- On the last test cycle, it went back up to 10 bars by one AM the next morning, completing a 10 bar to 9 bar to 10 bar cycle, without any charging or significant battery discharge.)
Just wondering if this charge bar variability by temperature, is reflecting gid count variability, or if something else is causing it.
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Until recently, I would have been pretty sure 9 bars at "80%" charge indicated my battery had loss of capacity of ~10%.
But recent range tests, which seem to show no loss of range in my LEAF over the last 12 months, might indicate otherwise.
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